chapter
(noun)
The highest level in Boundless' three-level book structure.
Examples of chapter in the following topics:
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Table of Contents
- Chapters are the highest level of organization in Boundless content.
- For example, a chapter in our U.S.
- A single chapter will be denoted by a number; for example, the "Founding a Nation" chapter in U.S.
- History is Chapter 7.
- Each chapter is comprised of several sections.
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Earlier Version of Learning Communities
- An earlier version of this chapter was written by Evan Glazer.
- The author of the current chapter decided that she wanted to write a new chapter rather than an extensive edit of the old one.
- The Glazer chapter focused more on the nature of learning communities while this chapter focuses more on how to create good learning communities within your class (hence, the addition of the clause "as an instructional model").
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Earlier Version of Cognitive Tools
- An earlier version of this chapter was written by Shim and Li.
- The authors of the current chapter decided that they wanted to write a new chapter rather than an extensive edit of the old one.
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Additional Resources
- Here is a nice chapter from a book by Lloyd Rieber about the IP model and graphics.
- The title of the chapter is, "Psychological Foundations of Instructional Graphics" (http://www.nowhereroad.com/cgl/chapter4/) Lloyd has also made a nice interactive model for the dual coding theory.
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Additional Resources
- Here is a nice resource for applying ideas from several chapters in this book to teaching and learning math.
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Introduction
- However, this chapter will discuss four of Piaget's key concepts that are applicable to learning at any age: assimilation, accommodation, equilibration, and schemas.
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Boundless Subjects and Alignments
- The Boundless textbook for a given subject (say, Boundless Chemistry) includes all the Boundless-created concepts on that subject, organized into chapters and sections.
- The ordering of the concepts in the book and the titles of the chapters and sections are the distinguishing characteristics of the canonical Boundless version of a subject textbook.
- With our book editor, the content modules of a given subject textbook can be re-organized into different chapters and sections, which can themselves be renamed.
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Introduction
- Previous chapters in this book have elaborated upon instructional strategies to increase motivation.
- This chapter will explore other aspects of instruction related to the affective domain.
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Introduction
- The purpose of this chapter is to shed light on the concept of creativity and its implications for teaching and learning.
- This is a narrated PowerPoint summary of this -Enhancing Creativity in the Classroom- chapter.
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Study Tools
- All key terms within Boundless content are programmatically turned into flashcards, so students can easily study important vocabulary words from a section or chapter of their textbook.
- A student can take a collected section- or chapter-level quiz as many times as they like, ungraded, so they can practice applying the skills they've learned as much as they need to.Each Boundless concept has quiz questions attached to it that students can go through in order to review their reading.
- Quizzes can be completed at the concept, section, and chapter levels.